My husband and I are due to have our son in roughly 4 weeks, and have made the decision to leave him intact. After doing a lot of research, I have learned how to care for an intact son and learned the risks and pain of forced retraction before it's time. I am really hoping to find an intact friendly pediatrician who also knows how to care for an intact son and respects my wishes about NOT forcibly retracting him during examination. I have read about so many parents who went to their Ped Dr. and they harmed their sons out of ignorance. I have checked "thewholenetwork" and did not find any Doctors in my area, so I was hoping someone here might recommend a good one? Thank you!!

Welcome to MDC and congratulations on your soon-to-be born son! I'm so happy to hear that you've decided to keep your son intact and bumping up your post for attention. Anyone have a recommendation to share?

Hmmmm...my standard recommendation for peds is Dr. Meiers at Sherwood Family Medical Clinic. She was my ds's pediatrician when we lived in the area and I adore her to this day. She is very friendly to the crunchy population, or at least was when I saw her.

She never gave us an issue. I got the impression that she supports vaccines in general, but she would say things like, "Ok, at this appointment he's due for X, Y, and Z, but I'll tell you I really don't think Y is necessary." And I was going to give him a tetanus shot once and she talked me out of it. LOL So she's ok with the whole selective/delayed thing.